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Richie Ramsay continued his blistering form from the Irish Open in the opening round of ‘his major’ at Dundonald Links. The Scot followed up his 67-65 on Saturday and Sunday at Portstewart - which helped secure his biggest career pay cheque to date and a place at next week's Open - with a four-under-par 68 to sit just three behind leader Mikko Ilonen and alongside fellow Scot Stephen Gallacher. And with confidence rising, Ramsay believes he is in a good place to contend at an event he called ‘career-defining’ earlier in the week. “The Scottish Open is a major as far as I'm concerned and you're trying to get in contention and feel the same thing that I felt back nine on Sunday in Ireland – and hopefully a little bit better,” said Ramsay. “There's nothing better than practising really hard and coming down the stretch with the pressure. That's what I love to do. “It [the Iris...